Harness-saddletree.



- No- 736,026. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

J. SANPTLEBEN. I

HARNESS SADDLETREE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 1. 1902.

no MODEL, 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Pl'vi human PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

J. SANFTLEBEN. HARNESS SADDLETREE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 1. 1902.

2 SHBETS-SHEBT 2.

N0 MODEL.

NITED STATES Tatented August 11, 190d.

JOHN SANFTLEBEN, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS HARNESS-SADDLETREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters fatent Nb. 736,026, dated. August 11, 1903;

Application filed November 1,1902. Serial No. 129,748. (ITO model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be itknown that I,JOHN SANFTLEBEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy,

in the county of Adams, State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Harness-Saddletrees; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in harness-saddletrees designed especially for coach or team pads, formed of pressed steel, aluminium, or other metal; and the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described, and the particular features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims. I In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a harness-saddle, showing my improved tree, one end in section. Fig. 2 is'a view from the under side of the yoke and one of the jockey-plates separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the inlay or filling-piece for the yoke. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a jockey-plate and yoke with coupling-piece, the parts being shown separated. Fig. 5 is a view from the under side, showing modified construction of jockey and yoke.

Similar letters of reference in the several figuresindicate the sameparts.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A indicates the pad, and B the skirt, these being of the usual or any preferred construction. 0 indicates the yoke, formed of pressed steel, aluminium, or other metal and provided with the downwardly-turned flanges c c.

The yoke O and jockey D are-preferably hinged or pivoted together, the hinge or pivot-joint being constructed as follows: At

each end of the yoke and preferably centrally thereof there isv a small tongue or strip of metal, which is bent back to form loop a, and at the cooperating end of the jockey-plates D there are two tongues or strips of metal, preferably one at each side, which are bent back to form loops cl cl. These loops (1 d preferably extend back on the jockey-plate a short distance and are relatively wide for a pur- I pose to be presently explained. A pin E isheld in the loops d d of the jockey-plate, and the loop a of the yoke is bent around the pin, thus connecting the jockey-and yoke and permitting a pivotal action between the two, as will be readily understood.

The jockey-plates, like the yoke, are provided with depending side flanges d and also, like the yoke,are formedof pressed steel, aluminium, or other metal. The jockeyplates are held in place on the pad by the terrets F and screws G, and when the terrets are screwed down in place the pad will be prevented from being drawn in by the comparatively wide fiat faces of the loops d d, resting on the pad.

Struck up from the metal of the jockeyplates are two triangular spuds or prongs H, the points of which penetrate the skirt B and serve to hold the same in place. i It willbe noted that these spuds H and the screw G make three points of contact with the skirt,

effectually preventing sidewise motion of the skirt,and thereby insuring its being held securelyin place, as will be readily understood.

To strengthen the yoke O, I preferably employ an inlay or filling-piece I of metal formed with the upturnedside flanges t and with a central longitudinal slot or opening '5 having the marginal upturned flanges i The yoke is held in place on the pad by means of 'thecheck-ho'ok K and screws J, which pass through suitable holes in the yoke and through the slot r in the filling-piece, being screwed into the pad. This filling-pieceprevents the pad from being-drawn in by the hook and screws when screwed home. Instead of connecting the yoke and jockeys directly together I may employ a coupling, as illustrated in Fig. 4. In this construction the yoke O is provided at the ends with a trans verse slot c with which engages the'hooked end c of the couplerM. This coupler is held in place by the terrets, as will bereadily understood. In connection with this form of coupling I have illustrated a modified construction of yoke and jockey-plates. As in the other construction, these yokes and plates are formed of pressed metal. The opening a for the passage of the check-hook shank is made square and the metal turned down to form projections a against which the nut with the pad and skirt,of the yoke,the jockey-' plates, the spuds in said plates, the screw for securing the plate to the pad, said screw and spuds being triangularly disposed whereby the skirt will be held from lateral distortion; substantially as described.

. 2. In a harness-saddletree, the combination with the pad and skirt, of the yoke,thejockeyplates pivotally connected thereto,said plates and yoke formed with depending side flanges, and the filling-piece for the yoke having the upturned side flanges, and longitudinal slot 25 or opening, provided with marginal upturned flanges, substantially as described.

JOHN SANFTLEBEN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED I. MAURY, L. E. EMMONS, Jr. 

